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YE BUTCHER, YE BAKER, YE CANDLE- 
STICK MAKER. By Robert Seaver. With 
>vood-cut illustrations. i6nio, 50 cents, mt. 
Postage 5 cents. 

FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY. By Thomas 
Hood. Illustrated with old-fashioned cuts. 
Square i8mo, 50 cents, nei. Postage 5 cents, 

THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN 
GILPIN. By William Cowper. With wood- 
cut illustrations. Square i8mo, 50 cents, nei. 
Postage 5 cents. 

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 
Boston and New York 



Ye Butcher, Ye Baker, 
Ye Candlestick- 
Maker 



Ye Butcher^ Ye Baker, g 
Ye Candlestick- 
Maker 

; Being Sundry Amusing and Instructive 
VERSES for both Old and Young. 
Adorned with Numerous Woodcuts 

By ROBERT SEAVER 




BOSTON AND NEW YORK ^ 

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY | 

(Clbc liliterjsibe preg? Cambcibge $ 

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Ye Contents 

YE HOUSEWIFE ... 12 | 

YE BAKER 14 ! 

YE DOCTOR .... 16 ! 

YE TOWN CRIER . . . 18 ' 

YE TYTHINGMAN ... 20 | 

YE PIRATE 22 ! 



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PEDAGOGUE . 


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CHEMIST 


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MERCHANT 


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PRINTER 


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BREWER . 


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I YE ROBBER 34 

I YE TAILOR .... 36 

I YE CHANDLER .... 38 | 

I YE STUDENT .... 40 

YE HUSBANDMAN ... 42 

YE JESTER .... 44 



Ye Butcher, Ye Baker, 
Ye Candlestick- 
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Ye Housewife 




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She scours ye pots and pans : ' 

She kneads ye bread, and bakes it too, 

§ With ever busy hands. 
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I YE HOUSEWIFE 

Ye children she sends off to school. 

And then doth sew and darn. 

And knits ye goodman mitts and hose 

Of honest homespun yarn. 

Yet though she toileth all ye day. 

She hath no cause to fret : 



m Ye Adversary hath not made 
S Ye Modern Servant yet. 




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Ye Baker 




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Ye scKooI-boy on his way to school 
Ye bake-shop doth espy. 
Where men of gingerbread in state 
With eyes of currants lie. 

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Ye good-wife takes her Sunday roast 
Where his great ovens yawn. 
And fragrant odors £11 ye air 
At noon, and night, and morn. 
All this was many years ago. 
Before Ye Canner came. 
With Fifty-nine Varieties 
To advertise his name. 




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Ye Doctor 



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§ Rides all ye country round, 

m And in his saddlebags great store 

Of physic may be found. 

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I YE DOCTOR 



He cups and bleeds witt figKt good will, 

I With pill and drench doth ply, | 

§ Until his patient must get well, § 



An absent treatment, or, perchance, 
^ Manipulates ye bones. 

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§ Ye ancient steed is seen no more, * 

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^ Ye doctor telephones 



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Ye Crier walks all over town 

And loudly rings his bell. 

And to ye gaping villagers 

His messages dotK tell. 

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i YE TOWN CRIER 

Ye cliild that's strayed, ye auction sale. 
Ye good news and ye ill. 
He cries it forth upon ye street. 
And all may hear who will. 
Ye Crier he hath gone his way, 
^ And for him oft we grieve 

When papers print so many things 
Nobody can believe. 



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Ye Ty thingman 




¥ Ye Tythingman, ttat watcKfuI one, 

He doth ye order keep, 

In churcK he walketh up ye aisle 

To see who goes to sleep. 

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YE TYTHINGMAN 

And when he spyeth one who nods. 

He riseth in his might. 

And with his rod fight lustily 

Doth rap ye luckless wight. 

But now ye tythingman hath found 

§ His duties few and small, 

«^ For those who go keep wide awake. 
Ye rest go not at all. 




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Ye Pirate 




Ye Pirate sails ye briny deep: 
Ye Jolly Roger flies 
In seafcK of some ricK galleon 
To make a goodly prize. 



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YE PIRATE I 

^ His motley crew of murderous mien 

Are rovers bold and free, 

And sailors tremble at his name 

When they put fortb to sea. 

Ye pirate now stays safe asKore, 
^ And authors rate him when 
^ He robs ye good ship "Copyright" 



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Ye Pedagogue 




Ye Pedagogue, that learned man, 

He rules ye district scKooI, 

And every day Ke doth instil 

Ye youth with learning full. 
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YE PEDAGOGUE 

^ Ye Rule of Three he doth explain 1 

# Unto his listening class. 

And ye three R's he doth expound 

Unto each youth and lass. 

Each day he doth discharge full well 

Ye duties of his station, 

And never has a Theory 

On Higher Education. 



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Ye Chemist 




Ye Chemist fills his little shop 

With drugs of fearsome smell, 

He weigheth out ye ipecac 

And eke ye calomel. 
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YE CHEMIST | 

Ye herbs Ke gathered in ye fall 
^ Hang on his beams to dry, 8 

^ And they are nauseous to ye taste 
.9. And dusty to ye eye. 
I Ye old-time druggist, musty soul, g 

Was honored in his age, 

Man had not reached ye College Ice 

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Ye Merchant 




Ye Merchant in Kis counting-room | 

In broadcloth £ne arrayed. 

He sendeth his great ships away 

All in ye China trade. 



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YE MERCHANT 



And while his warehouse £IIs with goods 

Ye merchant laughs with glee. 

For in ye town who can be found 

One half so rich as he ? 

Ye merchant of ye olden days. 

No wonder that he laughed. 

He nothing knew of Railway Rates, 

Of High Finance, or Graft. 




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g Ye Printer dotK right merrily 
His occupation ply : 
Ye type he sets and proof he reads 
With microscopic eye. 

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I YE PRINTER ; 

m And when ye chap-book all is done ! 

5 He sallies forth with speed j 
^ To cry his wares upon ye street 
k For all who care to read. 

6 Ye Printer wrought with right good will, ^ 
§ Nor ever was afraid 
g Of ye Typographic Union 

Or ye Printers' Board of Trade. 




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Ye Brewer 




Ye Brewer is a merry man, 
2 Beloved by all ye town. 

And he's renowned both far and wide, 
All for his ale so brown. 



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And all ye thirsty villagers 
Do loudly praise his name, 
An honored village father he. 
Who well deserves his fame. 
Ye brewer of ye modern day 
Doth make great moan because 
Of ye Pure Food Regulations 
And ye Local Option Laws. 




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Ye Robber 




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Ye Robbcf of ye olden day, 
A jovial blade was lie; 
A sboft life and a merry one. 
And then ye gallows-tree. 
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YE ROBBER 



«» On rich and poor alike lie preyed, 
^ Nor ever did endow 
§ A Learned University 

As Robber Chiefs do now. 

Ye modern robber is not known 
^ By such an ugly name: 
^ He does it more politely, 
^ But he does it, just ye same. 




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Ye Tailor 




Ye Tailor on his lowly bench 

He stitcheth all ye day. 

From morn till night his needle plies m 

On clothes both grave and gay. 

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; YE TAILOR 

Ye greatcoat for ye village squire, M 

Ye judge's smallclothes fine, 8 

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Ye trainband captain's uniform ^ 

That doth with splendor shine. 

Ye tailor works in great content. 

He is a happy man. 

No clothes are yet constructed 

On ye Ready-£tted Plan. 



Ye Chandler 



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¥ Ye tallow cKandlef in his sKop, 
§ He makes ye tallow dip, 

And cuts ye wicks and fills ye moulds, 

Ye while lie drinks Kis flip. 

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YE CHANDLER 

Full many a studious gentleman 

DotK hie him forth to buy : 

Ye lamp of knowledge at his shop, 

Is here for all to try. 

So works ye tallow chandler. 

Nor wotteth that he must. 

In modern days, give up his ways 

To Midnight Oil, their Trust. 




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Ye Student 




Ye Student burns ye midnight oil, 
^ And ponderous tomes doth pore, 
m His mind he £lls at Wisdom's fount 
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YE STUDENT 



His tresis is a wondrous tting, 
Of solid breadth and weight. 
Ye higher things of human life 
His brow do corrugate. 
Alas ! for now it is not so. 
For all ye Student's dream 
Is how to satisfy ye Coach, 
And make ye Football Team. 




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Ye Husbandman 




Anon ye jocund Husbandman, 
He tills ye fertile mead ; 
He plows ye land and fakes it well. 
And eke Ke sows ye seed. 

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YE HUSBANDMAN 

U From early morn till candle light : 

He toils with might and main, 
^ Nof ever stops, but busy keeps 
\ Through wind and snow and rain. 
Yet though he toils full lustily. 
He 's free from modern ills : 
He has no Motor Car, and so 
He pays no Chauffeur's bills. 




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Ye jester 




Ye Jester, dressed in cap and bells. 
With jokes adorned his chat. 
And every joke was all his own. 
And all his jokes were pat. 

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YE JESTER 

m No jokes were old in days of yore, 
# No stories had been told. 



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And so ye wit had ample scope 

His humor to unfold. 

Ye modern wit 's in sorry plight. 

Re-writing o'er and o'er 

Ye jokes that ancient jesters told 

Five hundred years before. 




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FAITHLESS 
NELLY GRAY 

Br THOMAS HOOD 

With seventeen humorous cuts drawn by 
ROBERT SEAVER and appropriate 
setting. Square i8mo, 50 cents, net. 




V^ The classic and pathetic ballad of the fortunes of Ben ^ 

Battle is perhaps the most famous of Hood's humor- vju 

ous poems. The seeming crudity of the laughable i^ 

pictures heightens the humor of Hood's punning w 

verses, and the result is a holiday booklet which ^ 

cannot fail to amuse. & 

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY | 

BOSTON AND NEW YORK & 



THE DIVERTING 
HISTORY OF 

mo^n Gilpin 

Br WILLUM COWPER 

Together with some thirty two original wood- 
cut engravings by Robert Seaver and a 
decorative binding in half calf, with paper ^ 
sides, square i 8mo, 50 cents, net, ~ 




HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 

4 Park Street, Boston 
85 Fifth Ave., New York 



CAMBRIDGE • MASSACHUSETTS 
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JUL 24 1908 



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